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The Amsterdam market
Amsterdam Exchanges is the company formed by the recent merger of the former EOE-Optiebeurs and the Amsterdam Stock Exchange. It began operation on 31 December 1996. Within the structure of the merged entity, new operating company AEX-Effectenbeurs is responsible for the organisation of the public capital market. The company ...
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Performance fees are the norm
In the Netherlands, the continent’s most heavily targeted market place by international money managers, performance related fees have be-come the norm in charging institutional clients for services rendered. This is unlike some five years ago, when investment managers mainly charged flat fees. In the not so distant past, the Dutch ...
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France: Equities appeal to French investors
French savers are changing their attitude towards risk and long-term investments. The latest survey by Europerformance, which tracks French pooled fund flows and performances, shows that the money market funds haemorrhage continued during the first quarter of 1997. For the first time, reallocation of assets toward equity funds is significant.French ...
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EMU threat
The head of a US employee benefits company has warned European countries of the threat of pensions liabilities to EMU.Pointing to the EMU timetable, Michael Gulotta, chief executive of ASA, which anchors the Asinta gobal benefits network, raised the issue of pension liabilities: The national debt criterion becomes particularly interesting ...
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Sweden: Equity oriented
At the end of 1996, of the 686 funds run by members of the Swedish Mutual Funds Association, almost 500 were equity funds accounting for around 63% of the total $46.4bn under management. Making up the number, were 148 bond vehicles and 53 mixed funds.Sweden has had a bias to-wards ...
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Sweden: Record performance
Equities look set to bring a positive return for the fourth year running on the Swedish market. Currently hovering at around the 12% mark, analysts are hopeful that performance will be maintained, though are divided as to the extent.Bjorn Olsen, chief investment officer of Skandia, is cautiously optimistic on the ...
